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1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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The 1982 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 17th-year head coach Joe Paterno, the Nittany Lions compiled a record of 11–1. Penn State defeated the Georgia Bulldogs, 27–23, in the Sugar Bowl to win Paterno's first consensus national championship. The team was selected national champion by AP, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, Litkenhous, Matthews, NCF, NFF, The New York Times, Poling, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess), Sporting News, UPI/coaches, and USA/CNN, while named co-champion by Helms.[1]

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Temple

Temple vs. Penn State – Game summary
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at Beaver Stadium

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Maryland

Maryland vs. Penn State – Game summary
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at Beaver Stadium

  • Date: September 11
  • Game time: 1:30 PM EDT
  • Game attendance: 84,597
  • Referee: J. Vincent Price
  • TV announcers (TCS): Stan Savran, George Paterno
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Rutgers

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at Beaver Stadium

  • Date: September 18
  • Game time: 1:30 PM EDT
  • Game attendance: 83,268
  • Referee: Thomas Thamert
  • TV announcers (TCS): Stan Savran, George Paterno
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#2 Nebraska

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at Beaver Stadium

  • Date: September 25
  • Game time: 3:50 PM EDT
  • Game attendance: 85,304
  • Referee: William Parkinson
  • TV announcers (CBS): Gary Bender, Pat Haden
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#4 Alabama

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at Legion Field

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Syracuse

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at Beaver Stadium

  • Date: October 16
  • Game time: 1:30 PM EDT
  • Game attendance: 84,762
  • TV announcers (TCS): Stan Savran, George Paterno
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#13 West Virginia

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at Mountaineer Field

  • Date: October 23
  • Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
  • Game attendance: 60,958
  • TV: USA
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Boston College

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at Alumni Stadium

  • Date: October 30
  • Game time: 1:30 PM EDT
  • Game attendance: 33,205
  • TV announcers (TCS): Stan Savran, George Paterno
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North Carolina State

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at Beaver Stadium

  • Date: November 6
  • Game time: 1:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 84,762
  • Referee: Thomas Thamert
  • TV announcers (TCS): Stan Savran, George Paterno
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vs #13 Notre Dame

No. 5 Penn State Nittany Lions (8–1) vs. No. 13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6–1–1) – Game summary
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at Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, Indiana

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No. 5 Pittsburgh

No. 5 Pittsburgh Panthers (9–1) vs No. 2 Penn State Nittany Lions (9–1) – Game summary
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at Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, Pennsylvania

  • Date: November 26, 1982
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 85,722
  • Referee: Raymond Bower
  • TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels (play-by-play), Lee Grosscup (color commentator), and Tim Brant (sideline reporter)
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vs No. 1 Georgia (1983 Sugar Bowl)

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1983 Sugar Bowl
No. 2 Penn State Nittany Lions (10–1) vs No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs (11–0) – Game summary
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at Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, Louisiana

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Awards

Davey O'Brien Award
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NFL draft

Nine Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1983 NFL draft.

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